Bibi Graetz Colore 2022

€198.88

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Bibi Graetz Colore 2022

Colore is the most distinguished expression of Bibi Graetz's dream, descended from old nourished Sangiovese vineyards. These Tuscan vineyards have created the perfect terroir for a wine that speaks to the region and its original ancient taste. Due to its prestige and purity, only the best barrels of Bibi Graetz production will become Colore.

Vinification: The grapes were handpicked. Grapes were softly pressed and then placed in open-top 225L barrels for the smaller parcels of the vineyards, and in 50hl casks or stainless steel tanks for the larger plots. The fermentations were conducted by natural and indigenous yeasts with up to 3 manual punch-downs per day in the peak of fermentation, gradually decreasing to only 1 to keep the cap wet. After the fermentation process, the wines were moved into old barriques and 50hl casks where malolactic fermentation occurred. The wine was aged for around 18 months before bottling.

Tasting Notes: Scents of flowers and black berries make you dream, and a soothing taste makes you relax. The perfect terroir together with old vines over 80 years old - are the victorious elements giving birth to this sublime wine.

Grape Varieties: 96% Sangiovese, 3% Canaiolo and 1% Colorino

Wine Type: Red Wine
Format: 0,75L
Vintage: 2022
Country: Italy
Region: Toscânia
The highest scoring: Decanter 97 to 99 Points
James Suckling 100 Points
Robert Parker: RP96
James Suckling: 100

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Perfection in sangiovese, with cherry blossoms, chalk, seashells, fine sand and violets on the nose and palate. Medium- to full-bodied with focused and poised tannins that are wonderfully integrated and rather endless. Crunchy and chewy at the end. Such presence. You want to spend time with this wine. A top selection from two vineyards Olmo and one in the village of Chianti Classico in Lamole, 60 and 88 years old, respectively. This is a wine that gives great pleasure now, but will be even better in two or three years.

The Bibi Graetz 2022 Colore sources its fruit from only two sites in this vintage: from 60-year-old vines in the Olmo vineyard (with 400-meter-plus elevations) and 88-year-old vines in Lamole (Chianti Classico). The vines are mostly south-facing, but the elevations are key. Meanwhile, Testamatta comes from mostly cool, north-facing sites. These results show lots of vertical heft and sharp tones with bright fruit, mineral graphite and blue flower. Bibi seeks transparency in his wines, and although the 2022 vintage delivers heavier fruit aromas overall, the wine does offer a pretty textural lightness.

Colore is the product of old vines in the Chianti Classico hills, in Lamole and Olmo. ‘Colore is my dream from the beginning of working with old vineyards...the vineyard in Lamole is beautiful, it's THE vineyard in Chianti Classico,’ says Bibi Graetz. 2022 was a hot year and so Bibi decided to only use fruit from his north-facing vineyards. ‘The hot year gives me this material, even if it is up in the mountains, north-facing; the fruit has this kick.’ Precisely sculpted and very intense, Colore 2022 is both pillowy and bright. Dark berries, spice and blood orange are gathered up by a lingering, zesty finish. It's more closed than Testamatta at the moment, but should reveal more of its beauty in time.